عَزْرا 8

١ 1 وَهَذَا بَيَانٌ بِأَسْمَاءِ رُؤَسَاءِ عَائِلاتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، مِمَّنْ رَجَعُوا مَعِي مِنْ بَابِلَ فِي عَهْدِ أَرْتَحْشَشْتَا الْمَلِكِ:

These are now the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

٢ 2 مِنْ بَنِي فِينْحَاسَ: جِرْشُومُ. مِنْ بَنِي إِيْثَامَارَ: دَانِيَالُ. مِنْ بَنِي دَاوُدَ: حَطُّوشُ.

Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

٣ 3 مِنْ بَنِي شَكَنْيَا مِنْ نَسْلِ فَرْعُوشَ: زَكَرِيَّا وَمَعَهُ مِئَةٌ وَخَمْسُونَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ الْمُنْتَسِبِينَ إِلَى عَشِيرَتِهِ.

Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.

٤ 4 مِنْ بَنِي فَحَثَ مُوآبَ: أَلِيهُوعِينَايُ بْنُ زَرَحْيَا وَمَعَهُ مِئَتَانِ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

٥ 5 مِنْ بَنِي شَكَنْيَا: ابْنُ يَحْزِيئِيلَ وَمَعَهُ ثَلاثُ مِئَةٍ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.

٦ 6 مِنْ بَنِي عَادِينَ: عَابِدُ بْنُ يُونَاثَانَ وَمَعَهُ خَمْسُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

٧ 7 مِنْ بَنِي عِيلامَ: يَشْعِيَا بْنُ عَثَلِيَا وَمَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.

٨ 8 مِنْ بَنِي شَفَطْيَا: زَبَدْيَا بْنُ مِيخَائِيلَ وَمَعَهُ ثَمَانُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him eighty males.

٩ 9 مِنْ بَنِي يُوآبَ: عُوبَدْيَا بْنُ يَحِيئِيلَ وَمَعَهُ مِئَتَانِ وَثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

١٠ 10 مِنْ بَنِي شَلُومِيثَ: ابْنُ يُوشَفْيَا وَمَعَهُ مِئَةٌ وَسِتُّونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and sixty males.

١١ 11 مِنْ بَنِي بَابَايَ: زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ بَابَايَ وَمَعَهُ ثَمَانِيَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.

١٢ 12 مِنْ بَنِي عَزْجَدَ: يُوحَانَانُ بْنُ هِقَّاطَانَ وَمَعَهُ مِئَةٌ وَعَشَرَةٌ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ،

And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.

١٣ 13 مِنْ بَنِي أَدُونِيقَامَ الآوَاخِرِ: أَلِيفَلْطُ، وَيَعِيئِيلُ، وَشَمْعِيَا، وَمَعَهُمْ سِتُّونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them sixty males.

١٤ 14 وَمِنْ بَنِي بِغْوَايَ: عُوتَايُ وَزَبُّودُ وَمَعَهُمَا سَبْعُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ.

Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

١٥ 15 وَلَقَدْ جَمَعْتُ هَؤُلاءِ إِلَى النَّهْرِ الْجَارِي نَحْوَ أَهْوَا، حَيْثُ مَكَثْنَا ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَبَعْدَ أَنْ فَحَصْتُ الشَّعْبَ وَالْكَهَنَةَ لَمْ أَجِدْ بَيْنَهُمْ أَحَداً مِنَ اللّاوِيِّينَ،

And I gathered them at the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we abode in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

١٦ 16 فَاسْتَدْعَيْتُ الرُّؤَسَاءَ أَلِيعَزَرَ وَأَرِيئِيلَ وَشَمْعِيَا وَأَلْنَاثَانَ وَيَارِيبَ وَأَلْنَاثَانَ وَنَاثَانَ وَزَكَرِيَّا وَمَشُلّامَ، وَالْحَكِيمَيْنِ يُويَارِيبَ وَأَلْنَاثَانَ.

Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

١٧ 17 وَأَرْسَلْتُهُمْ إِلَى الرَّئِيسِ إِدُّو السَّاكِنِ فِي كَسِفْيَا، بَعْدَ أَنْ لَقَّنْتُهُمْ مَا يُخَاطِبُونَ بِهِ إِدُّو وَأَقْرِبَاءَهُ خُدَّامَ الْهَيْكَلِ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي كَسِفْيَا، لِيَأْتُوا لَنَا بِخُدَّامٍ يَقُومُونَ بِأَعْمَالِ خِدْمَةِ هَيْكَلِ إِلَهِنَا.

And I sent them with commandment to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.

١٨ 18 وَبِفَضْلِ رِعَايَةِ اللهِ الصَّالِحَةِ لَنَا رَجَعَ هَؤُلاءِ إِلَيْنَا، وَمَعَهُمْ رَجُلٌ فَطِنٌ مِنْ بَنِي مَحْلِي بْنِ لاوِي بْنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَشَرَبْيَا وَأَبْنَاؤُهُ وَإخْوَتُهُ، وَهُمْ فِي جُمْلَتِهِمْ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلاً،

And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

١٩ 19 وَحَشَبْيَا وَمَعَهُ يَشَعْيَا مِنْ بَنِي مَرَارِي وَإخْوَتُهُ وَأَبْنَاؤُهُمْ، وَهُمْ فِي جُمْلَتِهِمْ عِشْرُونَ رَجُلاً.

And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;

٢٠ 20 وَمِنْ خُدَّامِ الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِينَ عَيَّنَهُمْ دَاوُدُ مَعَ الرُّؤَسَاءِ لِخِدْمَةِ اللّاوِيِّينَ الْعَامِلِينَ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ مِئَتَانِ وَعِشْرُونَ، تَعَيَّنُوا بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ.

Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were mentioned by name.

٢١ 21 وَنَادَيْتُ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ أَهْوَا بِصَوْمٍ لِنَتَذَلَّلَ أَمَامَ إِلَهِنَا لِيَشْمَلَنَا بِرِعَايَتِهِ نَحْنُ وَأَطْفَالَنَا وَأَمْوَالَنَا فِي أَثْنَاءِ رِحْلَتِنَا،

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

٢٢ 22 لأَنَّنِي خَجِلْتُ أَنْ أَطْلُبَ مِنَ الْمَلِكِ أَنْ يُنْجِدَنَا بِجَيْشٍ وَفُرْسَانٍ لِحِمَايَتِنَا فِي الطَّرِيقِ مِنَ الأَعْدَاءِ، لأَنَّنَا كُنَّا قَدْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلِكِ: إِنَّ يَدَ إِلَهِنَا تَرْعَى طَالِبِيهِ لِلْخَيْرِ، وَيَنْصَبُّ سُخْطُهُ الْعَظِيمُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ يَتْرُكُهُ.

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

٢٣ 23 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ صُمْنَا وَابْتَهَلْنَا إِلَى إِلَهِنَا اسْتَجَابَ لَنَا.

So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated by us.

٢٤ 24 فَاخْتَرْتُ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ كَاهِناً هُمْ: شَرَبْيَا وَحَشَبْيَا وَمَعَهُمَا عَشَرَةٌ مِنْ أَقْرِبَائِهِمَا،

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

٢٥ 25 وَأَوْدَعْتُهُمُ الْفِضَّةَ وَالذَّهَبَ وَالآنِيَةَ الْمُقَدَّمَةَ لِهَيْكَلِ إِلَهِنَا، الَّتِي تَبَرَّعَ بِها الْمَلِكُ وَمُسْتَشَارُوهُ وَقَادَتُهُ وَسَائِرُ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ،

And weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:

٢٦ 26 فَكَانَتْ جُمْلَةُ مَا أَوْدَعْتُهُ عِنْدَهُمْ سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَزْنَةً (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً وَأَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، ومِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ وَسِتِّ مِئَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) مِنْ آنِيَةِ الْفِضَّةِ، وَمِئَةَ وَزْنَةٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ وَسِتِّ مِئَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامٍ) مِنَ الذَّهَبِ،

I even weighed to their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

٢٧ 27 وَعِشْرِينَ قَدَحاً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ قِيمَتُهَا أَلْفُ دِرْهَمٍ، وَإِنَاءَيْنِ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ مَصْقُولٍ لَا تَقِلُّ قِيمَتُهُمَا عَنِ الذَّهَبِ الثَّمِينِ،

Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.

٢٨ 28 وَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ مُقَدَّسُونَ لِلرَّبِّ وَكَذَلِكَ الآنِيَةُ مُقَدَّسَةٌ، أَمَّا الذَّهَبُ وَالْفِضَّةُ فَقَدْ تَمَّ التَّبَرُّعُ بِها لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِكُمْ،

And I said to them, Ye are holy to the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers.

٢٩ 29 فَاحْرُسُوهَا وَحَافِظُوا عَلَيْهَا إِلَى أَنْ يَتِمَّ وَزْنُهَا أَمَامَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ وَرُؤَسَاءِ عَائِلاتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي مَخَادِعِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ».

Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

٣٠ 30 فَتَسَلَّمَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ الْفِضَّةَ وَالذَّهَبَ وَالآنِيَةَ الْمَوْزُونَةَ لِيَحْمِلُوهَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ إِلَهِنَا.

So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

٣١ 31 ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ نَهْرِ أَهْوَا فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ (آذَارَ – مَارِسَ) لِنَذْهَبَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. فَكَانَتْ عِنَايَةُ الرَّبِّ تَرْعَانَا فَأَنْقَذَتْنَا مِنْ يَدِ الْعَدُوِّ الْمُتَرَصِّدِ لَنَا عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ،

Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

٣٢ 32 إِلَى أَنْ وَصَلْنَا أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَقَمْنَا هُنَاكَ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

٣٣ 33 ثُمَّ فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ قَامَ مَرِيمُوثُ بْنُ أُورِيَّا الْكَاهِنِ، وَأَلِعَازَارُ بْنُ فِينْحَاسَ وَمَعَهُمَا اثْنَانِ مِنَ اللّاوِيِّينَ هُمَا يُوزَابَادُ بْنُ يَشُوعَ، وَنُوعَدْيَا بْنُ بَنُّويَ، بِوَزْنِ الْفِضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَالآنِيَةِ فِي بَيْتِ إِلَهِنَا.

Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

٣٤ 34 وَتَمَّ تَسْجِيلُ عَدَدِهَا وَوَزْنِهَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ.

By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.

٣٥ 35 وَقَرَّبَ الْمَسْبِيُّونَ الْقَادِمُونَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ لإِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ ثَوْراً عَنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَسِتَّةً وَتِسْعِينَ كَبْشاً وَسَبْعَةً وَسَبْعِينَ خَرُوفاً وَاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ تَيْساً ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ، فَأُصْعِدَتْ كُلُّهَا مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِلرَّبِّ.

Also the children of those that had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve male goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering to the LORD.

٣٦ 36 وَسَلَّمُوا أَوَامِرَ الْمَلِكِ لِوُلاةِ الْمَلِكِ فِي عَبْرِ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ، فَأَعَانُوا الشَّعْبَ وَوَفَّرُوا مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ بِنَاءُ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

And they delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s satraps, and to the governors on this side of the river: and they helped the people, and the house of God.